"Bentley Hellbourne is dead,"

Those words were echoed in the pages of history, celebrating the infamous demon's death at the hands of her angelic arch-nemesis. After eighty-five years of peace between Heaven and Hell, the world is finally getting used to its current state of balance. But when Bentley inexplicably comes crawling back from her grave to wreak havoc once again, the structure of the four realms instantly comes crashing down.

After reuniting with his formerly deceased rival, low-ranking angel Atticus pash de Ophaniel finds himself caught up in a wild tangle of adventures. From babysitting Lucifer himself, to discovering horrible truths about his own existence, Atticus is forced to acknowledge the trauma of his past. And in doing so, unearths memories of a long-lost friendship held between himself and the person he always thought he hated the most.

God's Gone AWOL

Two armoured, angelic guards stood on either side of the pearly white gates. Both were expressionless, staring into the foggy white clouds that made up Heaven's entranceway. Behind each of their shoulders, the swirling portal to Earth remained as it had been for thousands of years. Froths of white steam occasionally spurred off the pearly mists, but there was little movement otherwise. 


Historically, decades would pass between the two guards and neither would say anything or move for the entire time. An occasional choir or singular angel on a business trip would pass by unacknowledged, but other than that, there was hardly any activity before the great gates of Heaven. All seven were the same, although some had heavier foot-traffic than others. Like the rest of the entire realm, it was suffocatingly silent, obnoxiously prim, and so orderly that it was almost boring. Absolutely nothing ever happened at the gates. 


[8] Bentley's Waltz of Mayhem